Storm History: LaPorte County, Indiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in LaPorte County, Indiana: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 465
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 260
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 143 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Tornado | 133 | 1 | 14 | $29 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 114 | 1 | 1 | $310,000 |
| Flash Flood | 27 | 0 | 0 | $453,000 |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Hail, August 23, 2006
- Tornado, October 24, 2001
- Tornado, June 23, 2010
- Flood, September 13, 2008
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Flood, February 20, 2018
- Tornado, May 31, 1958
- Hail, August 24, 1998
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, July 19, 1982
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2008
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 15, 2007
- Tornado, April 26, 2007
- Tornado, March 24, 2016
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Hail, August 23, 2006
- Hail, April 18, 1955
- Hail, June 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, March 6, 2026
- Hail, June 18, 2025
- Hail, June 13, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, April 26, 1994
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, October 24, 2001
- Tornado, March 14, 1957
- Tornado, May 31, 1958
- Tornado, May 21, 1960
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Tornado, July 5, 1980
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2026
- High Wind, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Hail, March 6, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2025
- Rip Current, July 20, 2025
- Flood, July 19, 2025
- Hail, June 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 19, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Tornado, July 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 19, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Hail, June 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 6, 2022
- Flood, August 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2020
- Hail, May 23, 2020
- Hail, June 26, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 19, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Tornado, July 20, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2018
- Flood, February 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2016
- Tornado, March 24, 2016
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Hail, October 7, 2014
- Hail, September 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 23, 2014
- Hail, May 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 12, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2013
- Tornado, August 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 28, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Hail, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 23, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Lightning, August 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2009
- Flood, September 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 17, 2008
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2008
- Hail, January 7, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 23, 2007
- Hail, August 23, 2007
- Tornado, August 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2007
- Tornado, May 15, 2007
- Tornado, April 26, 2007
- Hail, October 2, 2006
- Lightning, September 30, 2006
- Hail, August 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2005
- Hail, June 10, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2004
- Hail, August 17, 2004
- Hail, August 9, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, June 14, 2004
- Hail, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Hail, May 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2004
- Hail, March 1, 2004
- Tornado, August 26, 2003
- Hail, August 3, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2003
- Hail, August 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2002
- Tornado, October 24, 2001
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Tornado, August 25, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2001
- Flood, July 7, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2001
- Hail, May 24, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2000
- Tornado, June 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2000
- Hail, July 30, 1999
- Hail, July 27, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 1999
- Hail, July 21, 1999
- Hail, May 17, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 1999
- Hail, April 10, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Hail, August 24, 1998
- Flood, July 21, 1998
- Tornado, July 19, 1998
- Tornado, July 3, 1998
- Hail, June 29, 1998
- Hail, June 18, 1998
- Tornado, June 12, 1998
- Tornado, August 16, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 1997
- Hail, June 25, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Lightning, August 7, 1996
- Lightning, August 7, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 17, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 9, 1996
- Hail, April 12, 1996
- Hail, April 12, 1996
- Tornado, July 16, 1995
- Tornado, June 7, 1995
- Hail, June 13, 1994
- Tornado, April 26, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 1992
- Tornado, July 2, 1992
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 1991
- Hail, July 7, 1991
- Tornado, May 31, 1991
- Hail, May 30, 1991
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Hail, July 16, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1990
- Tornado, August 5, 1989
- Tornado, May 25, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 1989
- Hail, March 17, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 1988
- Tornado, October 17, 1988
- Tornado, September 19, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 1988
- Hail, April 3, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1987
- Hail, May 6, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 19, 1985
- Tornado, March 28, 1985
- Hail, June 22, 1984
- Hail, July 29, 1983
- Tornado, July 1, 1983
- Tornado, July 19, 1982
- Hail, April 3, 1982
- Tornado, July 25, 1981
- Tornado, April 28, 1981
- Hail, September 22, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1980
- Tornado, July 5, 1980
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Tornado, October 6, 1979
- Hail, August 5, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 1977
- Tornado, July 15, 1976
- Tornado, June 29, 1976
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Hail, May 20, 1975
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 1971
- Hail, June 6, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1970
- Hail, July 8, 1968
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in LaPorte CountyEvery warning in LaPorte County since 1986Every county in Indiana
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.